Close to gaslighting – Part 1 The UK CAA, as a regulator has a clear position of power over the community it seeks to regulate. This power is probably strongest over the lower echelons of the unmanned aircraft sector, dominated by micro-companies. Please note the title of this article. I’m not accusing the UK airspace…
Oversight report of CAP 722H version 2 Edit: 14/11/2023 – Oversight report updated . Additional observation. I’ll start this article with a health warning. Reading it is not for the faint-hearted, particularly if you click on the link to the actual oversight report. The report is necessarily technical in nature and is intended to alert…
If this article whets your appetite to know more about the fundamental document that controls your Specific Category flying under a PDRA01 OA…then you may wish to join us on Geeksvana. We will be going live on Monday 30th October but the recording will be available to members after the live event. We will be…
The more I network… Here is a story I’ve told before but I’ll tell it again. When I first started Eyeup Aerial Solutions I took advice from a number of people, both professionals and trusted friends (and some who fit into both categories). One piece of advice I got was to avoid getting involved…
What is going on with the Drone Code? The Drone and Model Aircraft Code ( popularly known as the Drone Code) appears to be wrong. This raises a few questions. First of all, have I somehow misinterpreted the code and found an error where none exists? I’d be happy for anybody to pick apart the…
Paper Lanterns… What have paper lanterns got to do with improving the speed of publication of correct and high-quality documents by the CAA? This question is triggered by the fact that after three months from the initial issue at the beginning of March, we are still without a useable version of CAP722H, the snappily named…
Oversight Report of CAP 722H Specific Category Operations: Pre-defined Risk Assessment Requirements, Guidance & Policy Humans are amazing. The 9 months gestation period we have, compared to our size is considered pretty long. Long gestation is more common as you move up the intelligence scale and also as an animal gets larger. Elephants…
Tearing up the rule book We found out on the 11th November that the DfT has made a decision to ignore the EASA Open Category C marking system. The current expectation is that they will issue an amendment to the Implementing Regulations before the end of December with the changes coming into force on 1st…
Could the DJI Mavic 3 gain UK C1 marking by Christmas 2022? TUV Rheinland, a world respected test and certification body, has announced, in tandem with DJI, that the Mavic 3 has achieved the world’s first EASA C1 certification. See here for the TUV announcement So what? What does this mean for UK flyers? …
CAA Hot Weather Warning There are currently warnings of temperatures rising into the 40’s (Centigrade) in the UK during the coming week. As ever, the UK is poorly prepared for such thermal extremes so various authorities are releasing warnings about reducing travel, avoiding swimming in cold water and staying in the shade. Not wanting…